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Iraqi cleric al-Sadr calls for dissolving militias, reaffirms election boycott
Xinhua News Agency
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BAGHDAD, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's prominent Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Friday the country to have full control over weapons, and reaffirmed his earlier decision to boycott Iraq's upcoming parliamentary elections. In a statement,...
Iraq Situation ‘Difficult, Complex,’ Casey Says
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story The senior U.S. troop commander in Iraq today expressed his belief that the country can be stabilized, while acknowledging the “difficult and complex” situation there. “Several factors add to the...
Iraq Making Progress Despite Violence, U.S. General Says
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story Iraq continues to make meaningful progress despite a recent spike of violence in Baghdad and some other parts of the country, the senior U.S. troop commander in Iraq said today. “The Baghdad...
Iraqi Government Plans to Demobilize Illegal Militias
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story The Iraqi government has plans to demobilize all illegal militias, including radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s so-called “Mahdi Army,” the senior U.S. diplomat in Iraq said today. Iraqi Prime...
Iraqi Army Takes Over Responsibility for Abu Ghraib Prison
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
DALLAS, UNITED STATES 09.02.2006 Courtesy Story Soldiers from 1st Iraqi Army Division assumed control of the Abu Ghraib prison here from U.S. Army Task Force 134 in a ceremony here Sept. 1. Iraqi soldiers will provide security for the facility –...
Iraq’s Al-Sadr doubles down on election boycott
Shafaq News
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2025-07-04T09:30:01+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad On Friday, Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Iraqi Patriotic Shiite Movement (Sadrist), firmly ruled out participating in Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary elections...
Iraq: Drone Shot Down Near Erbil International Airport
Yemen News Agency SABA
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July 4, 2025
[Fri, 04 Jul 2025 12:56:22 +0300] Erbil - Saba: The Kurdistan Region’s Counter-Terrorism Service announced that a drone was shot down near Erbil International Airport on Thursday night at 9:58 PM. According to the statement, there were no...
Iraqi Army Unit Assumes Command of Forward Base
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 02.01.2006 Courtesy Story The Iraqi army's 5th Brigade, 6th Division, assumed control of a base in central Baghdad from the U.S. 4th Infantry Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team during a transfer-of-authority ceremony...
Iraqi, U.S. Troops Disarm IED, Find Weapons Cache in Desert
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 02.01.2006 Courtesy Story U.S. soldiers destroyed an improvised explosive device attached to railroad tracks about 20 miles south of Baghdad Jan. 30. Elsewhere, Iraqi and U.S. soldiers yesterday discovered a large weapons...
Iraqi, U.S. Soldiers Capture Insurgents; Find Weapons Caches
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 07.27.2005 Courtesy Story Iraqi army and coalition soldiers failed to find a known terrorist responsible for mortar attacks against Iraqi police stations during a July 26 combined cordon-and-search mission, Multinational...
Booby-trapped drone shot down near airport in N. Iraq
Xinhua News Agency
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BAGHDAD, July 4 (Xinhua) -- A booby-trapped drone was shot down Thursday night near Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, said local authorities. A drone was shot down at 9:58 p.m. local time (1858 GMT)...
Ambassador Khalilzad: U.S. Goals For Iraq Remain Unchanged
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story The road has been rough in Iraq's journey toward becoming a responsible member of the world community, but the country will reach its destination, the senior U.S. diplomat to Iraq said today....
Officials Continue to Note Progress Amid Violence in Iraq
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story The idea that progress and violence co-exist in Iraq is fast becoming a mantra for officials both in Baghdad and here. Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., commander of Multinational Force Iraq, made...
U.S. Ambassador: Success In Iraq Can Be Achieved
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story Success can be achieved in Iraq, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said today, as the U.S. and its allies adapt tactics while continuing to work with the new Iraqi government to suppress violence and...
'The President’s Cake': Hasan Hadi on Iraq, sanctions and his Cannes-winning debut
Middle East Eye
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July 4, 2025
For Iraqi director Hasan Hadi, winning the Camera d’Or for best first feature at last month’s Cannes Film Festival was not just an acknowledgement of a gifted Arab talent, it was a historic event that put Iraqi cinema on the world film map. His...
Commander Stresses Non-Lethal Targeting in Eastern Baghdad
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
As the nature of the war on terror in Iraq has changed, so have the targets sought by coalition and Iraqi forces. When Operation Iraqi Freedom began, typical targets were military formations and vehicles of the former Iraqi army, Republican Guard...
U.S. Not Putting Timetable on Iraq, Rumsfeld Says
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.22.2006 Courtesy Story The United States is not looking to place any timetable on the Iraqi government's process of assuming responsibility for the country's security, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here...
Coalition, Iraqis Working on Goals for Country’s National Government
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.22.2006 Courtesy Story Coalition officials are working with the Iraqi government to set economic and political goals, a Pentagon spokesman said today. Eric Ruff said he knows of no timetables or timelines in the...
Spokesman Puts Building Iraqi Government in Perspective
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story Building a nation is tough business, and people tend to lose their frames of reference about the process, a Pentagon spokesman said here today. People forget that the Iraqi government has been in...
UPDATE: Kurdish PKK announces plans to surrender fighters' weapons in northern Iraq
BNE Intellinews
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The Kurdistan Workers' Party announced on July 3 that its fighters in northern Iraq will begin surrendering weapons in the first concrete step toward disarmament as part of peace efforts, IQ News reported. The PKK has long held bases in the...